Camera Loader

AKA: Clapper Loader, Assistant Cameraman.

The camera loader may be responsible for two things:

(1) Operating the clapboard at the beginning of a shot. The clapboard (AKA clapper board) was originally designed as a way to provide a reference for synchronising audio and vision. Modern technology has made this unnecessary but it is still used extensively. The clapboard is still useful for providing reference information.